Fiber plays an important role because of the benefits associated with improving the gastrointestinal health and its prebiotic effect when is eaten. Agro-industrial byproducts have concentrations of 50-90% of dietary fiber, which is fermented by the microflora in the lower gastrointestinal tract. The principal processed fruit in industry is the...
Canine overpopulation is a potential human health risk. Several reproductive control strategies have been used in female dogs such as surgical sterilization, hormone therapy, immunocontraceptionand recently, the use of plant-derived compounds with similar structure to estradiol (phytoestrogens) having estrogenic activity with a direct impact on the reproductive physiology. Up to...
En la actualidad, el uso de humedales artificiales (HA) se considera como una alternativa para tratar aguas residuales (AR), que contribuye al control de la contaminación ambiental que éstas representan. La aplicación de HA es una tecnología económica que implica la interacción entre plantas macrófitas, microorganismos y el material filtrante...
El objetivo de este trabajo fue evaluar el efecto que tienen los sólidos obtenidos del tubérculo Jícama (Pachyrhizus erosus L. Urban) en la estabilización de emulsiones aceite en agua tipo Pickering. Para lo cual se obtuvieron sólidos de Jícama con tamaños de partícula ˂44 µm que fueron usados a concentraciones...
Liver plays an unique role as metabolic center that carries out must of xenobiotics and drugs biotransformation and detoxification. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS), which localizes in the gram-negative bacterial external membrane, is a known immunogen that induces inflammatory responses and enhances reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation. Host response to LPS includes the...
